Show Search Results Show Browse
A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1500-1610
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
Aigle, n. Also: aigill, agill. [OF. aigle, whence also e.mod.E. aegle (1535).] An eagle. — 15.. Clariodus iv. 258.
Alse swift as aigill in the aire 15.. Ib. v. 2243.
The agill in the air 1600-1610 Melvill 25.
Als far … as the aigle [passes] the howlet
You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Aigle n.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 6 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/aigle>
